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... Prince Gamani Chapter Twenty - three : The Levying of Warriors Chapter Twenty - four : The War of the Two Brothers ... Mahasena 709 List of Abbreviations 715 Chapter I Notes 1-81 NOTES 719 XIV.
... Prince Gamani Chapter Twenty - three : The Levying of Warriors Chapter Twenty - four : The War of the Two Brothers ... Mahasena 709 List of Abbreviations 715 Chapter I Notes 1-81 NOTES 719 XIV.
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... royal princes , Jettha - Tissa and Mahasena . Sanghamitta , however , had little success with the elder prince . But he won over Mahasena altogether . The literary sources have all been silent on the family backgrounds of these three ...
... royal princes , Jettha - Tissa and Mahasena . Sanghamitta , however , had little success with the elder prince . But he won over Mahasena altogether . The literary sources have all been silent on the family backgrounds of these three ...
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Foreword by His Excellency J R Jayewardene | 5 |
A Double Anniversary Why Another Translation? | 11 |
Chapter | 27 |
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